Combined scrub-brush, mop, and wringer.



N0- 802,214. PATENTED OCT. 17, 1905' E. HILKER.

COMBINED SORUB BRUSH, MOP, AND WRINGBE.

APPLICATION FILED 0011.22, 1903.

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EDWARD HILKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, mos.

Application filed October 22, 1903. Serial No. 178,017.

To all who/7t (It may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD H'ILKnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined ScrubBrush, Mop, and l/Vringer, of which the followingis aspeciiieation.

This invention relates to improvements in a combined scrub-brush, mop, and wringer; and it consists in certain peculiarities of the construction, novel arrangement, and opera tion of the various parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the subjoined description and explanation.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a combined scrub-brush, mop, and wringer embodying my invention, showing the wringer supported in its raised position and illustrating by dotted lines the position the parts will assume when the mop is being wrung. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the brush, mop head or holder, and the lower portion of the handle and mopcloth. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation, partly in section, showing the parts arranged in about the positions they will occupy when the device is being used as a mop with the brush attached. Fig. 4: 1s a detail vlew of a portion of the handle, showing the engaging means for the wringer-body. Fig. 5 is a side view of the brush detached. Fig. 6 is an end view thereof. Fig. 7 is a side view of the brush, showing the mop holder or head attached thereto with the handle removed. Fig. 8 is an end view of the wringer-body. Fig. 9 is a view of a portion of the handle, showing a modification in the construction of the engaging means for the wringer; and Fig. 10 is a view in side elevation, showing the parts arranged for use as a mop with the brush removed.

Like numerals of reference refer to corre sponding parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The mop holder or head consists of a plate 15, having in its front portion a slot 16 and on its rear portion an upwardly inclined socket-piece 17 to receive the lower end of the handle 18, which is provided in its lower portion with a longitudinal groove 19 for the reception and operation of a pin or projection on the wringer-body, as will be presently explained. The rear portion of the plate is formed on each side of the socket-piece 17 with a downturned apertured lug 20, which is employed for the double purpose of receiving and retaining the outturned ends of the members 21 of the mop-bail and to rest against the side edge of the brush 22, which is provided on its upper surface with a IF-shaped projection 23 to lit in the slot 16 of the mopholder.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 10 of the drawings, the members 21 have their free ends pivotally located in the eyes or openings of the lugs and are joined together at their other ends by means of a transverse loop 2 1, through which the mop or cloth 25 is passed. Slidahly mounted on the handle 18 is a wringerbody which comprises a sleeve 26, having on its inner surface a rib or projection 27 to lit and operate in the groove 19 of the handle, so as to prevent the body turning thereon. The upper surface of the sleeve 26 is provided with a lug 28 to engage a catch or link 29, pivotally secured to the handle, which catch is employed to hold the wringer in its raised position. Journaled on the upper portion of the sleeve 26 is a crank-shaft 30, which has on one of its ends a handle 31 to turn the same and on the other end a beveled gear 32, which meshes with asimilar gear33, mounted on one end of the shaft 3%, which is journaled on a bracket 35 on the lower portion of the sleeve, and has on its other end a broken ring or loop 36, with which the upper end of the mop engages. instead of using the pivoted link 29 (shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4:) as a catch or support for the wringer I may employ a catch of the construction shown in Fig. 9, which consists of a yielding strap 37, secured at one of its ends to the handle and having its other end free and upturned, so as to ride or pass over the lug 28 when the wringerbody is raised, thus holding it in its raised. position. To prevent the wringer descending too far, the handle is provided with a stop 38, which maybe in the form of a nail or pin passing through the same, so as to project into the groove 19 of the handle.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen and clearly understood that by placing the parts in the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings the brush may be used for scrubbing or scouring the floor, when by releasing the catch which sustains the wringer in its raised position the latter may be allowed to slide down on the handle until it strikes the stop 38, when the mop-cloth 25 may be placed under the brush, as shown in Fig. 3, and employed for wiping the floor. By detaching the brush it is evident that the mop-holder and hail will rest on the mop, as shown in Fig. 10, when the device may be used for wiping the floor. By providing the plate with the lugs it is apparent that as they rest against the edge of the brush and the T- shaped projection thereon is located in the slot 16 of the plate the brush will be prevented from any pivotal or lateral movement, yet may be easily detached.

When the brush is not used, it is obvious that the plate 15, with the lugs 20, which are located at a distance from the socket on each side thereof, will rest on the mop-cloth so as to prevent its slipping laterally.

In raising the wringer-body or sleeve 26 it is evident that as the lug 28 thereon is beveled it will automatically slide under the catch therefor and when the form shown in Fig. 4 is employed will be engaged by the gravity thereof, while the form shown in Fig. 9 will act as a spring.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a mop-holder comprising a plate provided on its rear part with downturned apertured lugs and an upwardlyextending socket piece located between said lugs at a distance therefrom, of a handle secured in the said socket-piece, a bail located at its ends in the apertures of said lugs and having a transverse portion at its center, a wringer slidably mounted on the handle and a mop connected at one of its ends to the bail and at its other end to the wringer, substan tially as described.

EDWARD HILKER.

l/Vitnesses:

Sims. 0. TILLMAN, A. GUSTAFSON. 

